Martha's Vineyard homeless advocate says migrants there will eventually have to move 'somewhere else’
Martha's Vineyard homeless advocate says migrants there will eventually have to move 'somewhere else’ The latest place where migrants are being sent by Republican governors in an effort to draw attention to the southern border is Martha's Vineyard. However, a homeless coordinator there said that the island doesn't have the resources to help them long-term and that they will eventually have to move "somewhere else." Lisa Belcastro discussed the local attitude to the recently arriving refugees while speaking to the media on Thursday. "We don't have the services, and we certainly don't have homes, to take care of 50 immigrants," she said. "Not everyone who lives and works here can be housed here." She made her comments the day after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planes delivering 50 migrants to the island off the coast of Massachusetts, which is mostly a summer retreat for the affluent, and sparked an on-the-spot response f...